Maxwell Heads New War Resources Service Unit
In Washington speculation grows about a new postwar service unit to streamline U S war goods and aid South America. General Maxwell, veteran of the army and former assistant secretary of war, is named to lead the unit tasked with cutting red tape and strengthening American goods and trade, stressing restraint on foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My “Service Unit
Department of the Army
Illinois
Westerns
Maxwell
English Women Pilots Drive Wartime Air Drive
A London dispatch notes 45 women pilots training for combat support roles and frontline air stations amid wartime need. It highlights Suffrage-era volunteers turning to aviation, mentions notable figures and the broader push for women in the air arm and auxiliary services during conflict.
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Militant
Ve Rae Posers in Si He Rend and Nd Hefunk
A fragmented OCR note lists names and phrases in irregular order. Readable elements hint at a local event or group using unusual spellings, with little clear context or dates. The text shows scattered proper nouns and partial references.
Concord Briefs Highlight Local Life And Movements
Concord notices report anniversaries births moves and local events. Alfred Beaudoin and wife celebrate 19th anniversary. Roland Oswald Livermore announces birth of Roland John. Gierasch heads to Andover Academy. Edgarton stationed in Greenland. Joslin hires new secretary. Shedden family at Wianno tennis. Comins golf team compete. Snelling and Henderson in Essex County Fourball. Nolan infant David William. Brundage hosts farewell party with camera. Inghams motor trip to Nova Scotia. Mary Marshall birthday. August Elks meeting and golf tourney planned. Adams yachts raced Marblehead. Moynihan trip to Pittsburg and aero Nautics course. June Hood awarded New England Conservatory scholarship. Jimmy Marshall recovers from surgery. Loomers vacation in New Hampshire. youths at Camp Hulen report seven week maneuvers. Evangelical Free church group returns from Cromwell conference.
Gordon Wilson longtime Concord reformatory officer dies
Gordon Wilson aged 72 or 73, a retired Concord Reformatory officer born in Aberdeen Scotland, died last Friday at his home 207 Elm Street in West Concord. He served 29 years after arriving in 1910 and retired May 31 1939. He leaves a wife Jean and daughter Etta with granddaughter Mary, plus relatives in Canada and Scotland. Funeral services were held at his home with burial in Woodlawn cemetery Acton.
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West Concord
Gordon Wilson
Reformatory
Elm Street
Aberdeen
Scotland
Concord
Concord Reformatory
Monson State Hospital
Rutland Sanitarium
Total Penal Institution
Odd Fellows
Monson
MacKenzie
Jean
Airth) Wilson
Etta Wilson
Mary
George
Wellesley Hills
Vancouver
Canada
Toronto
Keene
New Hampshire
Hugh §. Thompson
West Concord Union Church
Woodlawn
Acton
Arthur T. Mullen
Robert G.carson
Robert J. Gault
James G. Davey
Frank H. Pearce
William Smith
Concord Sailor Returns From Iceland Deployment
Concord seaman Fred Belmont son of Mrs. Miner van Belmont 4 Grant Street arrived home on August 6 for a seven day leave to visit his mother and family. Belmont serves on the U S S North Carolina now stationed after recent commissioning in New York and helped carry supplies to U S forces in Iceland. He rode with two Concord youths Corporal Flori McMao and Philip Moreau U S Marines nearby on North Atlantic Island. En route home the ship stopped at Newfoundland for three days.
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Concord
Fred Belmont
Minervan Belmont
Grant Street
Young Belmont
Iceland
Flori McMao
Philip Moreau
U. S
North Atlantic Island
States
Newfoundland
Emerson Hospital July Report Highlights Inpatient Data
Concord Concord Miss Louise Gunaris assistant superintendent reports Emerson Hospital July summary. Obstetric cases show 31 births 0 stillbirths. medical cases 56 treated. surgical cases 71 operations. outpatient 19 services. deaths 0. Admitted 33, discharged 25. Daily average 29.51 for July 1941, up from 26.9 in July 1940. Largest and smallest daily totals were 42 and 22 respectively.
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Louise Gunaris
Emerson Hospital
Mason Ham Wins Weekend Golf Tourney at Concord
Mason L. Ham won the Concord Country Club event last week in a weekend golf tournament. The results list several finishers with scores including Henry Sne 53-41 and F. Hatnie Richardson 58-42, with John W. Codding 51-43 and others like Dr. Norman C. Spencer 54-43 and Wendell P. Ray 62-48.
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Concord
Mason L. Ham
Henry B. W. Sne
Beccon
F. Hatnie Richardson
John W., Codding
Norman C. Spencer
Humphrey Hosmer
Burleigh L. Pratt
William Faversham
Ny Jewell, Jr
John ‘B. Bie
Wendell P. Ray
de “Randolph
Piper
Florence M Brown awarded President's Fellowship at Senior College
Miss Florence M Brown of Concord High School receives the President's Fellowship for advanced study at Back Bay Boston for 1931 42. She will pursue a Master of Science of Oratory at Curry and assist with dramatic productions while teaching limited hours. Brown's career includes Amesbury High School and Concord High School roles in plays speeches and graduations. educator at Pinkerton Academy. Rice Institute dramatics. travels in Europe and the United States.
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Goncord
Donald’ Wi Miller
Imogene Andréef Curry
Back Bay
Boston
Florence M. Brown
Miss Brown
Aember
Concord High School
Brown
Ipth
Amesbury High School
Oncord High School
Pinkerton Academy
Newshire
Tok
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
University of New Hampshire
Magic and Dagger
Delti Chi
Our Lady Nine Falls to Arlington in League clash
Our Lady Nine of West Concord lost 3 1 to 1 in a Rideout playground game against Arlington A C of Arlington. Condon and Hayes formed the local battery. A postponed clash with Nashataug Club of Woburn awaits rescheduling. Next game is Thursday at Bedford against the Bedford Progressives at Page Field.
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West Concord
Our Lady’s
Rideout
West A. C
Arlington
Jimmy Condon
Tommy Hayes
Battery
Woburn
Westomeree
Bedford
Bedford Progressives
Page
Condon
Archie Barrett
Gene Callahan
Charles Doyle
Doyle
Blanchard Daughter Engaged to Benjamin Benoit Jr
Mr and Mrs Nathan T Blanchard announce the engagement of daughter Natalie Ann Blanchard to Benjamin L Benoit Jr son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin L Benoit of Concord Old Marlboro Road The wedding is planned for this coming Fall.
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Concord
Nathan T. Blanchard
Hubbard’ Street
Natalie Ann Blanchard
Benjamin L. Benoit, Jr
Benjamin *L. Benoit
Marlboro Yead
Private Funeral for Edward L. deForest in Concord
Edward Layton deForest 63 a New York banker and father of Dr Gideon K deForest Garfield road died suddenly Sunday at Blackburn rest home after visiting his son and family He is survived by his wife Margie and his son the local physician.
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Concord
Edward Layton deForest
New York
Gideon K. deForest
Garfield Road
Blackburn
de Forest
Margie
West Concord Students Enroll at Boston University
Ellen Louise Diskin and Mary Ellen Diskin daughters of Patrick and Mrs Diskin reside at 19 Cottage street. Hubert John Rodday son of Mr and Mrs William A Rodday lives at 380 Main street. All are West Concord students enrolled at Boston University.
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West Concord
Ellen Louise Diskin
Mary Ellen Diskin
Patrick Diskin
Cottage Street
Hubert John Rodday
William A. Rodday
Main Street
Boston University
Senate
Auctioneer John A Finigan Dies. Well Known Resident
Funeral held from his home at 21 Everett Street for retired auctioneer John A Finigan who died August 6. Mass at St Bernard's church led by Rev Mulcahy with other clergy assisting. Delegations from Blessed Sacrament girls drill team and Cambridge firemen attended. Interment at St Bernard's Cemetery.
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John A. Finigan
Everett Street
George F. Mulcahy
St. Bernard’s Church
Thomas Tierney
Blessed Sacrament Church
Cambridge
Mulcahy
East Quarter Teams Win Ball Game in Emerson
Concord Depot A A loses 1 0 to East Quarter in Emerson playground. Tom Burke's East Quarter edges out Wolda Dempsey on the mound. Depot drops first game of second half series after five straight wins.
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Concord
Depot A. A
Emerson
Playground
Tom Burke
East Quarter
Wolda” Dempsey
Depot
Sleepy Hollow
Herronville
District 54 Calls Seven Men In Draft
Maynard and Bedford residents join West Concord in a September draft call. Joseph H Schnab Vincent Labowlier Reinhold Stalfl from Maynard. William Thatcher Dominic Palmer George A Hamilton from Bedford. Leonard Adams of West Concord also selected. They report to the Concord headquarters before proceeding to the Army Center in Boston.
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Maynard
Draft Board of District 54
Bedford
West Concord
Draft Board
Concord
Army Center
Boston
Joseph H. Schnab
Vincent Labowlier
Reinhold Stalfl
William J .Thatcher
Dominic Palmer
George A. Hamilton
Leonard
Adams
Pay Final Tribute to Mrs George Gutteridge
Funeral services for Mrs George H. Gutteridge of 35 Brooks Street were held Thursday afternoon at the Fowler Funeral Home. Rev Leonard W Fowler officiated with a large turnout from all walks of life. Delegations from local civic groups attended and bearers included George Gohlke Oswald Drechsler Hiram Parkin and William Coulter. Burial followed in Glenwood cemetery. Maynard firemen led by Chief George T Priest and Maynard Lodge BPOE members visited the home.
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Magdalene Chapter Co.e.s
Ladies Benevolent Society
Philathea
Congregational Church
George Gohlke
Hiram Parkin
Oswald C. Drechsler
William Coulter
Glenwood Cemetery
Maynard Firemen
George T. Priest
Maynard Lodge B.P
Political line in cemeteries in Virgil Colorado
Vigil residents in Virgil Colorado keep party loyalties visible even in burial plots. Two grave markers exist side by side, one for Republicans and one for Democrats, reflecting local political divides that persist in death.
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Vigil
Colo
U.P
Colorado
Virgil
Sivas
Armies to Test Malaria Drugs in Maneuvers
Army medical officers plan a mass trial during maneuvers in Arkansas and Louisiana with about 500000 soldiers. The 2d Army will test altabrine while the 3d Army uses quinine to compare effectiveness against malaria in typical marshy, mosquito prone terrain. Both arms will be similarly exposed and netting is comparable.
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James R. Massey
United’ Press
Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Arkansas
Louisiana
2D Army
3D Army
2D Cane
Tie Army
Safety bulletin urges vigilance to save pedestrians in August
Massachusetts Safety Council urges daily effort by local and state police to reduce automobile fatalities this remaining August. The bulletin notes August has the most vehicle miles and pedestrians face their gravest danger from autos, citing Chelsea Arlington and Newton with long fatality-free runs and a population-based formula for comparing cities.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts Safety Council
Chelsea
Arlington
Newton
Boston
Mark Double Anniversary in South Acton
Mr and Mrs Herbert A Gray of Mainstreet South Acton observed their 63rd wedding anniversary on Tuesday The occasion also marked Mrs Gray s 74th birthday and the third birthday of her grandson William Clayton son of Mr and Mrs John Clayton The Gray home hosted an informal celebration attended by David Clayton Donald Center George Buvier and son Maynard and George Clayton among others
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South Acton
Herbert A. Gray
Mainstreet
Gardner
George Buvier
Fitchburg
Core Maynard
George Clayton
Alecreadain
House backs 18 month draft extension by one vote
The House narrowly approved extending military duty to 16 months for draftees guardsmen and reservists, with a 203 to 202 vote. The move, seen as a victory for the administration, removes prior caps and adds ten dollars monthly for those serving beyond one year. Massachusetts representatives Casey Healey McCormack Rogers and Wigglesworth voted yes. Considine Eliot Treadway and several others opposed.
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House of Representatives
Navy
Congressional
Naval 'O
Naval
Luc Mients
St Be
Massachusetts
Casey
Healey
McCormack
Rogers
Wigglesworth
Conserty
Eliot
Treadway
Jason
Holmes
Martin
Tax rate changes across towns show many reductions
Statewide survey shows 44 municipalities cutting tax rates and 28 raising them while six hold steady. Warren tops at 64.70, Blackstone up to 52.40, Monros Gostford Russell at 16.00, and Worcester drops a dollar to 37.60. Central Massachusetts sees large shifts led by Winchendon down 10 to 41 and Royalston up 7.50 to 45.50.
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Marlboro
Hudson
Warren
Blackstone
Monros
Gostford
Russell
Massachusetts
Winchendon
Royalston
Boston
Springfield
Worcester
Framingham
Milford
Littleton
Petersham
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York
Pat
America
Sir Ac
Part
R.A.F
Imperial Airways
Sys
Ion
England
Swaffer
Deadroad
Ming
Clenee
Concord Briefs
Alfred A. Beaudoin
Sudbury
Rene
Alcide
Robert
Sylvia
Pauline
Walter A. Quinlan
St. Bernard's Church Way
Roland Oswald Livermore
Roland John
Walter Gierasch
Walden Street
Johnson Hall
Phillips
Andover Academy
Gierasch
Fred Edgarton
Charles G. Edgarton
Nashawtuc Road
Greenland
U.S. Naval Training Division
Clark V. Doty
Medford
Aljean M. Lyland
Aljean M. Nyland
Highway Department
Virginia’ A. Joslin
Elmer L. Joslin
Robert Shedden
Anne Shedden
William M.shedden
Wianno
Anne
North Shore
Danforth W. Comins, Sr
Danny, Jr
Father and Sons
Winchester
Frederick Nolan
Harrington Avenue
David William
Nolan
Mildred Brundage
Commonwealth Avenue
Doris Gray
Central Street
Mildred
Quincy
John T. Ingham
Harringen Avenue
Nova Scotia
Mary P. Marshall
Joseph B. Marshall
Concord Lodge of Elks
B.p.co.e. Hall
The
Elks
Eliot R. Howard
Monument
Street
Colonial Inn Annex
Charles Francis Adams
Fairhaven Road
Marblehead
T. Frank Moynihan
Brooks Street
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Paul
Frank W. Hansen
Monument Street
Pittsburg Institute of Aeronautics
June Hood
Frank Hood
Derby Street
New England ‘Conservatory of Music
Jimmy Marshall
Miss Hadith
Walter Loomer
C.A.A.A
Camp Hulen
Hulen
Russell F. Parsons, Jr
J. Edward, Holt
Sidney Ballou
Evangelical ‘Free Church
Harry P. Odland
Evangelical Free Church
Cromwell
Connicut
Fred’ “Belmont
Mason Ham
Our Lady Nine
Edw. L. deForest
John A. ‘Finigan
Depot A
Tod
George Gutteridge
House
Ashburnham
Asipby
Athol
Ayer
Auburn
Ite Berli
Bolton
Boylston
Brimfield
Brookfield Chariton
Initon
Douglas
Dudle
East Brookfield
AD Franklin
Ee Grafton
Groton
Hardwick
Harvard
Holden
Holland
U. Holliston
Hopedale
Ntav” Hopkinton
Hubbardston
Ek Leicester
Lancaster
As Adve Leominster
Tieton
Lunenburg
FSO iv
Ek Mendon
Millbury
Millville
New Braintree
A N. Brookfield
Northboro
Northbridge
Orange Oxford
Palme
Paxton
Pete
Phillipston
Mass
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